Show Notes

(0:00) Hi/Hello, (1:00) Red Oaks (1:00), the development of co-creator Gregory Jacobs, Steven Soderbergh, ‘Red Oaks’ takes 80s back in time, David Gordon Green, Hal Hartley, Amy Heckerling, Ennis Esmer, (6:10) ‘Stranger Things, Netflix, Harvey Weinstein, David O. Russell’s series is dead Amazon with Robert de Niro and Julianne Moore, Amazon searching for bigger hits, season 3 preview of ‘Man in the High Castle,’ Matthew Weiner’s series, Michael Mann, David Milch being barred from the ‘Luck’ set, Richard Kind, Amazon strategy of swinging for the fences for a show like ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ (17:50) the state of network TV, ‘This is Us,’ misleading promos, ‘The Good Doctor,’ special effects, feels dated like ‘CSI’ and ‘House,’ Freddie Highmore, ‘Super Store,’ Sirius/XM, 5 Best: Scott’s 5) ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Bonus Family’ 4) ‘Better Things’ 3) ‘The Deuce’ 2) ‘Mindhunter’ 1) ‘Halt and Catch Fire’… Josh’s 5) Curb Your Enthusiasm’ 4) You’re the Worst’ 3) ‘Better Things’ 2) ‘Mindhunter’ 1) ‘The Deuce’… Bonus Family unique perspective tool, Larry David and the wig, “We have a situation,” time apart can make the heart grow fonder, What are you doing Sam?, Cheryl and Ted!, Elizabeth Banks and Josh met her, David Fincher is killing it!, Netflix and how they’re handling releases of new original series, Fincher/Theron originally pitched Minhunter to HBO in 2006, Holt McCallany so good in Mindhunter and remembering him from the FX series, ‘Lights Out,’ Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Alex Karras, teases are of the “BTK Killer,” ‘The Deuce’ gets better and better, New Hamsterdam resurfaces, solid work by Michael Rispoli and David Krumholtz, Krumholtz’s fat suit and playing Barry Schweiber in ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and the underrated ‘Liberty Heights,’ nice touch on Halt with the ‘Dazed and Confused’ DVD case on top of the VCR, Scott’s baffled why people didn’t watch ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and why AMC dumped it on Saturday nights, Josh can’t stand Lee Pace, few shows stick the landing, ‘Homeland’ holes, ‘The Shield,’ what will ‘The Americans’ legacy be?, Spielberg documentary, Ken Burns and how to digest 'Red Oaks.' Close with clip from Netflix's 'Mindhunter.'

Scott Pearson Eberly talks with Steven Conrad the creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the quirky Amazon spy series, 'Patriot.' Both Scott and Josh have had this series in their 5 Best and deem this a Hollywood Bing Favorite. Scott and Steven discuss season one of Patriot and the upcoming season two. His passion for storytelling, telling his little brother to do a nude scene, bending the spy genre, how Gill Bellows steered him from film to television, and his love for film growing up.

Scott and Steven discuss: season one of Patriot and the upcoming season two. His passion for storytelling, telling his little brother to do a nude scene, bending the spy genre, how Gill Bellows steered him from film to television, and his love for film growing up.

season one of Patriot and the upcoming season two

The craziness of season 1

Creating original folk music for the series

'High Wire' filmmaking

Bending the spy genre and the one promise he made to Amazon

How did John Tavner not know who Dick Cheney is?

Shooting in Prague

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu fight scene

Update on the status of the John Belushi bio-pic

Writing the much buzzed upcoming film, 'Wonder'

Television has evolved into a slightly new art form

Blockbuster and watching 3 movies 120 times vs. 120 movies as a teenager

There are two moments where Lucy and Parker's make a barking cameo, Scott's Australian Shepherds. It's ironic because both times they were barking at Amazon making a delivery, the studio, and platform of 'Patriot'

SHOW NOTES | EPISODE #22

Scott and Josh (1:30) discuss the Emmy Nominations and are baffled at how Carrie Coon got dissed despite turning in the performance of the year (The Leftovers) and rewarded for a nice performance (Fargo). Not surprised by The Leftovers and Rectify getting the cold shoulder, plus a rundown of the nominations and what networks/streaming service (HBO, Netflix, NBC, FX, Hulu) led the way. Rudy! Rudy! Rudy (Sean Astin) joining Stranger Things for season 2. Scott's love for Glow; doing blow with Ronnie and Nancy, Marc Maron is killing it! And how Scott thinks Glow will make his top 10 shows in 2017! Josh all-in on Bosch... Scott grew up in Iowa and had the Sunday Ticket before the Sunday Ticket. 5 Best breaks all the rules! Glow, Snowfall, and Patriot make both lists. Video Store: Manager's Special (52:10): Aisle 1, Lion... Aisle 2, Okja... Aisle 3, Loving... Aisle 4, Bull Durham... Aisle 5, Younger.